https://automaton-media.com/en/tag/indie-games/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:29:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/tag/indie-games/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/magical-girl-witch-trials-devs-launch-steam-store-page-for-new-folk-horror-visual-novel-about-an-ancient-ritual-where-a-magical-girl-is-hanged-every-night/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/magical-girl-witch-trials-devs-launch-steam-store-page-for-new-folk-horror-visual-novel-about-an-ancient-ritual-where-a-magical-girl-is-hanged-every-night/#respond Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:36:41 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67551 Acacia, the studio behind Magical Girl Witch Trials, just unveiled the Steam page for their new game, Magical Girl Taboo village.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/magical-girl-witch-trials-devs-launch-steam-store-page-for-new-folk-horror-visual-novel-about-an-ancient-ritual-where-a-magical-girl-is-hanged-every-night/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2026 03:20:13 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67518 TECOPARK announced on Jun 1 that it would stop distributing Pico Park: Classic Edition via Steam in the near future. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-hit-pico-park-classic-edition-to-be-taken-down-from-steam-one-year-after-accidentally-becoming-permanently-free-on-the-platform/feed/ 3 https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/major-games-only-offer-safe-storylines-but-players-want-something-niche-we-ask-vampire-gay-bar-management-sim-sodomy-fatales-publishers-about-overseas-reactions-and-a-poss/ https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/major-games-only-offer-safe-storylines-but-players-want-something-niche-we-ask-vampire-gay-bar-management-sim-sodomy-fatales-publishers-about-overseas-reactions-and-a-poss/#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67368 AUTOMATON interview with the representative of Vampire K.K, the publisher of vampire gay bar management sim Sodomy Fatale. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/interviews/major-games-only-offer-safe-storylines-but-players-want-something-niche-we-ask-vampire-gay-bar-management-sim-sodomy-fatales-publishers-about-overseas-reactions-and-a-poss/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hand-drawn-japanese-indie-adventure-game-challenges-you-to-solve-surreal-rotating-puzzles-located-in-the-eyeball-of-a-mysterious-witch-mekururi-dizzying-witch-demo-hands-on-impressions/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hand-drawn-japanese-indie-adventure-game-challenges-you-to-solve-surreal-rotating-puzzles-located-in-the-eyeball-of-a-mysterious-witch-mekururi-dizzying-witch-demo-hands-on-impressions/#respond Thu, 28 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67360 Our BitSummit demo impressions of the hand-drawn Japanese indie puzzle adventure game Mekururi: Dizzying Witch.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hand-drawn-japanese-indie-adventure-game-challenges-you-to-solve-surreal-rotating-puzzles-located-in-the-eyeball-of-a-mysterious-witch-mekururi-dizzying-witch-demo-hands-on-impressions/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-developer-behind-bizarre-tofu-action-game-says-becoming-a-certified-tofu-meister-is-what-helped-him-get-through-a-six-months-long-creators-block/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-developer-behind-bizarre-tofu-action-game-says-becoming-a-certified-tofu-meister-is-what-helped-him-get-through-a-six-months-long-creators-block/#respond Wed, 27 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67303 Japanese indie developer TomozoP talks about how he overcame a long creator's block during the development of The Strongest TOFU.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-developer-behind-bizarre-tofu-action-game-says-becoming-a-certified-tofu-meister-is-what-helped-him-get-through-a-six-months-long-creators-block/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-japanese-indie-survival-game-is-all-about-cooking-monster-meat-for-your-moe-fantasy-party-abyss-kitchen-demo-hands-on-impressions/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-japanese-indie-survival-game-is-all-about-cooking-monster-meat-for-your-moe-fantasy-party-abyss-kitchen-demo-hands-on-impressions/#respond Tue, 26 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67235 At this year's BitSummit, we got to try out the delicious fantasy survival action RPG Abyss Kitchen, developed by Pico Games.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/this-japanese-indie-survival-game-is-all-about-cooking-monster-meat-for-your-moe-fantasy-party-abyss-kitchen-demo-hands-on-impressions/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-creators-cute-but-mind-eroding-horror-adventure-nightmare-journey-1135-challenges-you-to-escape-an-endless-twisted-dream/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-creators-cute-but-mind-eroding-horror-adventure-nightmare-journey-1135-challenges-you-to-escape-an-endless-twisted-dream/#respond Thu, 21 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66973 Japanese indie horror adventure game Nightmare Journey 1135 is scheduled to release on Steam in 2027.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-creators-cute-but-mind-eroding-horror-adventure-nightmare-journey-1135-challenges-you-to-escape-an-endless-twisted-dream/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-gay-bar-management-sim-sodomy-fatale-will-have-you-serving-blood-cocktails-to-flamboyant-homosexual-vampires/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-gay-bar-management-sim-sodomy-fatale-will-have-you-serving-blood-cocktails-to-flamboyant-homosexual-vampires/#comments Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66836 Jamsanpoid, the developer behind From Madness With Love, drops their "laid back" gay bar management sim Sodomy Fatale on Steam.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-gay-bar-management-sim-sodomy-fatale-will-have-you-serving-blood-cocktails-to-flamboyant-homosexual-vampires/feed/ 2 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-game-based-on-a-2ch-creepypasta-lets-you-spend-your-summer-holiday-playing-hide-and-seek-with-an-obsessive-eight-foot-tall-giantess/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-game-based-on-a-2ch-creepypasta-lets-you-spend-your-summer-holiday-playing-hide-and-seek-with-an-obsessive-eight-foot-tall-giantess/#respond Mon, 18 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66779 Hachishakusama, a horror game based on the famous Japanese urban legent, is set to release in July for Steam. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-indie-game-based-on-a-2ch-creepypasta-lets-you-spend-your-summer-holiday-playing-hide-and-seek-with-an-obsessive-eight-foot-tall-giantess/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-best-selling-sexy-demon-slaying-nun-action-rpg-sinisistar2-comes-to-steam-on-may-18-alongside-18-patch/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-best-selling-sexy-demon-slaying-nun-action-rpg-sinisistar2-comes-to-steam-on-may-18-alongside-18-patch/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 09:11:59 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66361 Developed by Uu and published by Sanuk and ErogeJapan, SiNiSistar2 is finally coming to Steam on May 16 this year. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-best-selling-sexy-demon-slaying-nun-action-rpg-sinisistar2-comes-to-steam-on-may-18-alongside-18-patch/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dlsites-parent-company-vivion-launches-new-indie-publishing-label-with-volcano-princess-devs-new-daughter-raising-sim-among-its-upcoming-titles/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dlsites-parent-company-vivion-launches-new-indie-publishing-label-with-volcano-princess-devs-new-daughter-raising-sim-among-its-upcoming-titles/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 07:07:12 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66345 On May 8, DLSite parent company viviON launched viviON Lab, its new game publishing label specializing in indie games.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dlsites-parent-company-vivion-launches-new-indie-publishing-label-with-volcano-princess-devs-new-daughter-raising-sim-among-its-upcoming-titles/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/puke-or-be-puked-on-for-your-soul-russian-roulette-drinking-game-drunken-goddess-reflux-gets-over-200000-wishlists-on-steam/ https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/puke-or-be-puked-on-for-your-soul-russian-roulette-drinking-game-drunken-goddess-reflux-gets-over-200000-wishlists-on-steam/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 05:15:31 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66339 Publisher Alliance Arts announced that their upcoming game Drunken Goddess Reflux had reached over 200,000 Steam Wishlists.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/puke-or-be-puked-on-for-your-soul-russian-roulette-drinking-game-drunken-goddess-reflux-gets-over-200000-wishlists-on-steam/feed/ 0